168 JOCKEYS, 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
JOCKEYS (continued). 
Examples of the diverse running of horses when ridden by boys and by men: 
Fréulein, Valuer, Dulcamara, and Noisy—Disastrous results of putting up 
boys—Recalcitrant jockeys—Declarations to win: instances of disobedience ; 
at Shrewsbury; Zhe Cur and Collingwood and Mr. Rolt’s retirement ; Mr. 
J. B. Starkey’s disappointment with Viridis and Land Tax ; the Duke of 
Hamilton’s better fortune with Lollifop and Midlothian ; copy of letter to 
Sporting Gazette on the Wrekin Nursery at Shrewsbury, with suggestions. 
I WILL now give a few instances of horses running with 
boys on their backs, and compare the running of the same 
animals with men in the saddle. 
Fréulein, running at Goodwood in the Steward’s Cup, with 
six stone four pounds on her, was not placed ; but running after- 
wards for the Doncaster Cup, beat Marie Stuart, and won other 
races at other places in the hands of men, showing about 
three stone improvement. Again, we see at the same meeting 
(Goodwood) that Valuer, running with six stone four pounds 
on his back, was not one of the first twenty ; and yet he was 
always better than A’zstorzan at even weights. He ran nobetter 
at Newmarket with similar weights the same year, which was 
some twenty-eight pounds worse than his real form—a fact that 
was afterwards publicly proved by the many races he won 
when carrying two stone more in much the same company. 
Again, I think I make no mistake in attributing the 
defeats for the Chester Cup of Dulcamara and Noisy (the two 
best horses that, in my opinion, I ever tried) solely to the 
